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Pepsi Problems

I had trouble getting a Pepsi in time for The Late
Show.

The time was 11:28 PM. I wanted a Pepsi, but
Letterman was on in seven minutes. Last year, I had a lot of experience in
getting a cold beverage in time for the show, but tonight was the first night
that I had run out of the Pepsi that I brought from home (two 24
packs.)

I ran outside and tried to get
into AMR II by the cafeteria, but the doors were locked! How does that make
sense? It can't be a valid security precaution, because you can still get to
that part of the building by using one of the other unguarded doors. With time
running out, I dashed around the building to the other entrance, which was
unlocked, and jumped down the stairs, where I found that the "J-Card" reader had
been removed from the machine.

As I
retrieved a dollar from wallet, I remembered that there was a lounge in the
basement of my building, so there was no reason for me to go to AMR II in the
first place. The machine gave me the sweet nectar, and I exited via the locked
door, and made it to my room just in time.